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30 percent of U.S. corporations planning holiday season layoffs
The monthly report by human resources firm ADP (Automatic Data Processing) found that U.S. private employers cut 32,000 jobs in the month of November, the latest sign of an accelerating jobs massacre.
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Texas A&M professor, dean and department head fired in far-right backlash
Nowhere is this more visible than in Texas, where more than 280 complaints have reportedly been filed against K-12 educators alone for alleged “disrespect” toward Kirk or his political legacy.
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Iowans protest following kidnapping of Des Moines superintendent by immigration Gestapo
In an attempt to smear Roberts as a dangerous fugitive, ICE claimed it found a loaded pistol in his vehicle.
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Trump turns Kirk memorial into campaign for theocratic-fascist dictatorship
The only serious question in American politics today is how this movement toward dictatorship can be stopped.
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Historic images of slavery removed by national parks after Trump directive
Trump’s crusade to whitewash American history mirrors his administration’s attacks on art and science.
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Jobless claims highest in 4 years as tariff-driven layoffs, price hikes wreak havoc on U.S. workers
The working class must become the center of the fight against dictatorship, which is impossible without a struggle against the capitalist system itself.
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Trump’s dictatorship and the American oligarchy
In 2012, their market capitalization stood at just $1.1 trillion. Today, their combined market capitalization has surged over 15-fold, to $19 trillion.
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Detroit Opera cancels season opener as Trump’s cuts impact cultural life across Michigan
The Detroit Opera has cancelled its season-opening production of The Girl of the Golden West (La fanciulla del West) by Giacomo Puccini.
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Texas flood disaster: A crime of capitalism
The death toll from flash flooding in Texas continues to rise, now above 100, with many still missing and presumed drowned.
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U.S. demands Asian allies prepare for “imminent” war against China
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid down the law to military allies and partners throughout the Indo-Pacific: “Dramatically escalate your military build-up and put yourselves on a war footing for conflict with China.”
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Israeli academics issue open letter condemning Gaza genocide
The letter—addressed to the Association of University Heads in Israel, the Board of Academic Public Colleges, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and Academics for Israeli Democracy—is a reaction to the launching of “Operation Gideon’s Chariots”.
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Department of Homeland Security revokes Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) head Kristi Noem sent a letter to Harvard University Thursday informing the school’s administration that she was revoking its ability to enroll international students under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.
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For first time, Netanyahu names ethnic cleansing of Gaza as official war aim
On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time officially stated that an Israeli war aim is the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, openly stating what had been the unspoken goal of Israel since October 7, 2023.
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Republicans move forward with plan to cut an estimated $715 billion in Medicaid funding
In a massive attack on the working class, on Sunday, House Republicans confirmed that their main proposal for offsetting some of their planned $4.5 trillion in tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and mega-corporations will come in the form of at least $880 billion in cuts to social programs, centered on Medicaid.
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Trump issues executive order requiring English proficiency for truckers, escalating attacks on immigrant workers
In a barrage of executive orders issued last week, including one late Monday afternoon targeting so-called “sanctuary” cities, President Donald Trump launched a naked attack on the democratic rights of immigrants and the working class as a whole.
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Trump threatens to revoke Harvard University’s tax exempt status and visas for international students
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to revoke Harvard University’s tax exempt status.
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Harvard’s rejection of Trump’s authoritarian demands and the fight to defend academic freedom and democratic rights
On Monday, Harvard University president Alan Garber announced the university would not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to crush political opposition, hand over control of critical departments to government oversight and generally establish a reign of ideological terror and right-wing thought control on the Cambridge, Massachusetts campus.
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Millions protest across the U.S. against Trump’s efforts to establish a fascist dictatorship
The situation must be stated with absolute clarity: The Trump administration is moving systematically and deliberately to establish a dictatorship.
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Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” escalate economic war against the world
The imposition of the new U.S. tariff regime unveiled by President Trump yesterday is a declaration of economic war against the rest of the world.
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U.S. massacres dozens of civilians in airstrikes on Yemen
Over the past year, the United States and Israel have waged a major regional war, coordinated with the Gaza genocide, targeting Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iran itself.
